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Copernicus Nicolaus . Polish name Mikolaj Kopernik. 1473--1543, Polish astronomer, whose theory of the solar system (the Copernican system) was published in 1543 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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From the time the law of Copernicus was discovered and proved, the mere recognition of the fact that it was not the sun but the earth that moves sufficed to destroy the whole cosmography of the ancients. This Copernicus forms the most important of the radiating system, situated in the southern hemisphere, according to Tycho Brahe. , down to that of Copernicus in the fifteenth and Tycho Brahe in the sixteenth century A. |
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